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    The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation...
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    southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, F. glacialis, it belongs to the fulmar genus...
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    740 Naval Air Squadron (740 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was initially active between...
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    down on 10 November by a Fulmar and another on the 11th. A flight of nine SM.79s was intercepted later that day and the Fulmars claimed to have damaged...
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    of one Fulmar forced to crash-land. Two Albacores and a Fulmar crashed due to non-combat causes during the day. The next day a pair of Fulmars from 806...
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    carrier-borne fighters onto attacking or shadowing aircraft, and a Fairey Fulmar fighter from Illustrious achieved the first radar directed kill on 2 September...
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    internationally important wildlife habitat. In summer eider duck, cormorant, shag, fulmar, kittiwake, Arctic tern, common tern, Sandwich tern, guillemot, razorbill...
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    Mosquito de Havilland Hornet Fairey Barracuda Fairey Battle Fairey Fulmar Fairey P.4/34 Fiat G.59 Handley Page Halifax Handley Page Halton Hawker Hart...
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  • Do 335 Germany 1944 37 Fairey Firefly United Kingdom 1941 1,072 Fairey Fulmar United Kingdom 1940 600 Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Germany 1944 1,925 Fokker G.I...
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    a peculiar way of flying, beating only the outer part of its wings as fulmars sometimes do; this also occurs in the peregrine falcon, but less often...
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    1995, p. 155. Lumsden 2003, p. 203. Morgan and Shacklady 2000, p. 607. Lumsden 2003, p. 204. Morgan and Shacklady 2000, p. 610. Bridgman 1998, p. 281....
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    razorbill Alca torda, guillemot Uria aalge, kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis. The SPA extends 2 km (1+1⁄4 mi) out to sea and includes...
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    Squadron 735 Naval Air Squadron 737 Naval Air Squadron 739 Naval Air Squadron 740 Naval Air Squadron 741 Naval Air Squadron 742 Naval Air Squadron 743 Naval...
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    smallest to all four largest extant species. In the United Kingdom, northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) are noted as a common prey species and as such may...
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    Merganser, RNAS Rattray, early in 1946, but later that year, moved to HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, where it received Seafire aircraft, along with being...
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    Squadron as an Advanced Jet Flying School and in November 1953 it moved to HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth. 736 Naval Air Squadron disbanded there in March 1965...
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  • aircraft carriers. Formed on 15 January 1941 at RNAS St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, the squadron embarked in HMS Victorious in July 1941. At first involved...
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    against British aircraft on 8 June 1941, when they shot down three Fairey Fulmars, losing one D.520 (its pilot was taken prisoner). Over the following days...
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    second time in September 1945. 764 Naval Air Squadron reformed again, at HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, in May 1953, where it became an Advanced Training Unit...
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    p.446 Chant, 1999, p.122 Munson, p.69 Taylor, 1974, p.144 Munson, p.71 Munson, p.121 James, 1971, pp.157-161 James, 1971, pp.161-167 Chant, 1999, p.146...
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  • as a Fleet Fighter squadron. It was initially equipped with six Fairey Fulmar Mk.II, a carrier-based reconnaissance and fighter aircraft. The squadron...
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  • Grumman Martlet fighter aircraft and supplemented by a number of Fairey Fulmar fighter aircraft. The original plan was for deployment on the Long Island-class...
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  • Elgin ZP803 – Terence Bulloch DSO* DFC* ZP804 – Spirit of Reykjavík ZP805 – Fulmar ZP806 – Guernsey's Reply ZP807 – William Barker VC List of Royal Air Force...
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  • Hs 127 Nakajima B5N (Allied reporting name "Kate") January 13 – Fairey Fulmar January 15 – Beech Model 18 February 9 – Blackburn Skua February 26 – Fiat...
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    Geoffrey: Fairey Fulmar. Hall Park Books, Warpaint Series. No.41. p. 37-40 "Royal Navy Research Archive HMS Campania". Sturtivant, 1994, p.170 Bishop, Chris...
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    it provided its training, operating out of the satellite airfield at HMS Fulmar at RNAS Milltown. It then moved to RNAS Yeovilton three years later in 1949...
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  • bombers were shot down off Sardinia. The squadron was regrouped with Fairey Fulmars in Gibraltar during April 1941, proceeding with two flights to HMS Victorious...
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    as the Eastern Fleet Fighter Pool. It was initially equipped with Fairey Fulmar, a British carrier-borne reconnaissance and fighter aircraft, and Grumman...
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    different aircraft types, including: Fairey Fulmar NF Mk.II night fighter aircraft (November 1942 - 1943) Fairey Fulmar TT Mk.II target tug aircraft (November...
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    Approach Development Unit for the Fleet Air Arm, operating with Fairey Fulmar and Fairey Swordfish aircraft, at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), in...
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